"Duel!"
"I'll go first!" Ruri declared.
"Fine with me." Dennis replied with a joyful smile.
"My turn! When there are no Monsters present on the Field, I can Special Summon Lyrical Luscinia - Turquoise Warbler along with a Level 1 Monster. That Monster will be Lyrical Luscinia - Cobalt Sparrow, her effect now activates, I can add another one to my Hand." Ruri said as she added another Sparrow to her Hand.
Turquoise Warbler: Level 1, 100 Atk, 100 Def
Cobalt Sparrow: Level 1, 0 Atk, 100 Def
"Now, when I control a Lyrical Luscinia Monster, I can Special Summon Sapphire Swallow from my Hand along with another Level 1 Monster. I bring out Cobalt Sparrow!" Ruri exclaimed as her Monster appeared to the Field.
Sapphire Swallow: Level 1, 100 Atk, 0 Def
"That's a lot of Level 1 Monsters. You done yet?" Dennis asked.
"Of course not, once again, Cobalt Sparrow's effect activates, I add the last one to my Hand. Now I Summon my last Cobalt Sparrow. Next, using all five of my Level 1 Monsters, I overlay!" Ruri declared as her Monsters entered a portal that opened up in front of her.
"With five Level 1 Monsters!" and "What's coming out?" could be heard from the audience multiple times out of curiosity.
Interesting. Dennis thought.
"Birds with beautiful wings! Gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight! Xyz Summon! Dance in the sky! Rank 1! Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale!" Ruri chanted as her ace Monster appeared.
Assembly Nightingale: Rank 1, 0 Atk-500 Atk, 0-500 Def
"Wait, that Monster is supposed to have 0 Attack." Someone from the audience said.
Ruri turned to the audience and started to explain with a smile present on her face. "You see, Assembly Nightingale gains 100 Attack for every overlay unit attached to it!"
"Seriously" "Cool" and other positive comments were heard from the audience.
"Look Mommy! It's a cute birdie!" A little girl nearby cried out with a grin.
"I see it. I see it." The mother replied with a wide smile, rubbing her daughter's hair with affection.
"I end my turn." Ruri concluded.
"Alright! It's my turn, I draw!" Dennis exclaimed as he drew his Card, his eyes widened when he saw the Card. It was Fusion. Damn it, I knew I forgot to take something out. I hope she doesn't find out about this Card. Looks like I'm going to have to hold back a bit.
"I Summon Entermage Damage Juggler." Dennis announced, placing the Monster onto his Duel Disk as it was brought out to the Field.
Damage Juggler: Level 4, 1500 Atk, 1000 Def
"Battle!" Dennis shouted, motioning towards Ruri's Monster. "Attack Assembly Nightingale!"
Damage Juggler jumped into the air and shot fire out of his hands towards Nightingale. However, a shield formed around Nightingale before the attack could connect, protecting Ruri's Monster.
"What?!" Dennis gasped as he noticed Nightingale was still standing but with only 400 Attack and Defense.
"I activated the effect of Assembly Nightingale, by detaching one overlay unit, she can't be destroyed by battle or effect, and I don't take battle damage for that battle." Ruri explained.
"Impressive." Dennis responded with a look of amazement on his face.
"Woah, this girl is amazing." and "She might beat Dennis!" were heard from the audience multiple times.
"Well, I set one Card and end my turn!" Dennis concluded as a Card appeared in front of him for a moment. "You're not bad, show me more! This is getting excited."
"With pleasure! My turn! I draw!" Ruri yelled as she drew her Card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon in order to destroy your facedown." Ruri told Dennis as she pointed at Dennis' facedown.
A gust of wind lifted up the facedown, revealing it to be Negate Attack, which was then destroyed.
"Oh no." Dennis mumbled, realizing that he couldn't defend his Monsters now,.
"Now I activate the Magic Card Lyrical Luscinia - Strike! When a Winged-Beast inflicts damage to you for the rest of this turn, I can destroy one Card on the Field. Now, I activate the Magic Card Lyrical Luscinia - Flight! Now, all Winged-Beast I control have their Attack doubled!" Ruri exclaimed as her Assembly Nightingale started glowing as her Attack rose to 800.
"That's still not enough to destroy my Monster. Furthermore, you don't have any more Cards in your Hand." Dennis informed Ruri.
"Assembly Nightingale can attack directly, not only that, but it can attack up to the amount of overlay units she has. She currently has four, so I can attack you directly four times. Go! First attack!" Ruri exclaimed as Assembled Nightingale jumped over Damage Juggler and hit Dennis with her leg, who grunted in pain.
Dennis: 4000-3200 LP
"The effect of Strike now activates, I destroy your Damage Juggler!" Ruri exclaimed as Damage Juggler yelled in pain before exploding. "Now, Assembly Nightingale attack Dennis directly three more times." Nightingale kicked Dennis three more times. Dennis groaned in pain and held his shoulder.
Dennis: 3200-800 LP
"I end my turn. At this time, Assembled Nightingale's Attack returns to normal. Are you okay, Dennis?" Ruri asked with concern at the sight of the boy's pained expression.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Dennis responded with a thumbs up, giving her a smile.
She's tougher than I thought. I'm in a pinch, it's all up to this next draw.
"It's showtime!" Dennis exclaimed, something that caused the crowd to go wild.
"Huh?" Ruri gasped out of confusion, startled from the sudden outburst from the audience.
"As you all can see, I don't have any Monsters present on my Field, and with my current Hand I don't have anything that can help. So, I am betting everything on this one draw. My turn, I draw!" Dennis yelled, grinning when he saw the drawn Card. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two more Cards from my Deck." Dennis swiped two Cards off from the top, glancing at the two new Cards.
Alright!
"I'll activate one of these Cards, Foolish Burial! I can now send one Card from my Deck to the Grave. I choose Entermage Trick Clown. Now it's effect! Once per turn, when it is sent to the Grave, I can pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon this Card from the Grave."
"Wait, but you only have 800 Life Points." Ruri informed him.
"I know, which is why I am activating the effect of my Entermage Flame Eater! When an effect is activated that deals damage to me, I can Special Summon this Card and negate the damage." Dennis said as the damage was negated and Flame Eater appeared.
Flame Eater: Level 4, 1200 Atk, 1600 Def
"Now my Trick Clown comes to the Field, however, both its Attack and Defense become 0."
Trick Clown: Level 4, 1600-0 Atk, 1200-0 Def
"Oh no, he has two Level 4 Monsters!" Ruri exclaimed.
"That's right! With my Flame Eater and Trick Clown, I overlay! Show must go on! Artisan of the air, swing across the stage with grace! Xyz Summon! Appear now! Rank 4! Entermage Trapeze Magician!" Dennis chanted as his ace Monster appeared above him.
Trapeze Magician: Rank 4, 2500 Atk, 2000 Def
"That's the Monster from earlier!" Ruri noted, wondering what its effect could be.
"That's right! Now I activate the Magic Card Raigeki, which allows me to destroy all Monsters you control!"
"Assembled Nightingale's effect activates, by detaching an overlay unit, I negate the destruction!" Ruri exclaimed as a lightning bolt struck her Monster. Fortunately for her, the Monster was able to withstand the lightning bolt and survive.
Nightingale: 400-300 Atk, 400-300 Def
"When there are two Monsters on the Field, I can Special Summon Entermage Hat Tricker" Dennis explained.
Hat Tricker: Level 4, 1100 Atk, 1100 Def
"Now I Summon another Performage Trick Clown." Dennis said.
"I activate the effect of Trapeze Magician, by detaching an overlay unit, I can target a Monster, then that Monster must attack twice in the Battle Phase, if it doesn't, it's destroyed at the end of the turn. I choose Trick Clown." Dennis explained as he then motioned towards his Monster."Battle! Go, Hat Tricker, attack Assembly Nightingale!"
Hat Tricker threw his hat at Assembled Nightingale.
"I detach an overlay unit to negate the destruction and damage." Ruri said.
Assembly Nightingale: 300-200 Atk, 300-200 Def
"Trick Clown, attack Assembled Nightingale!" Dennis exclaimed. Trick Clown kicked Assembly Nightingale.
"I detach an overlay unit to do the same as last time." Ruri countered as an overlay unit was detached from her Monster once again.
Assembly Nightingale: 200-100 Atk, 200-100 Def
"Trick Clown, attack Assembly Nightingale!" Dennis commanded once again.
Ruri did the same thing to negate the destruction. Assembly Nightingale now has 0 Attack and Defense.
"Now, with this, Assembled Nightingale has no overlay units." Dennis said.
"Yes, but Trick Clown only has 2500 Attack, I will still have Life remaining." Ruri reminded him.
"No, you won't. It's been a fun Duel Ruri, but this ends now! I activate the Quick-Play Magic Card, Performance Support, I tribute Trick Clown and add its Attack to Trapeze Magician." Dennis explained.
Trapeze Magician: 2500-4100 Atk
"4-4100 Attack!" Ruri blurted out of shock.
"Battle! Go Trapeze Magician, destroy Assembly Nightingale, and end this Duel!" Dennis exclaimed as Trapeze Magician kicked Assembly Nightingale, destroying it, however, when Nightingale exploded, there was no smoke. Instead, there was multiple pieces of confetti. Ruri screamed as she was pushed back by the force of the attack.
Ruri: 4000-0 LP
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, I hope you have enjoyed the show." Dennis yelled as he took a bow. The crowd erupted into cheering and clapping with all of the kids having big smiles on their faces.
"Now, please give it up to our volunteer, Kurosaki Ruri!" Denis exclaimed as she pointed to Ruri who was standing back up. The crowd erupted into applause for Ruri as well, some people whistling and saying "Good job" or "Nice try" or "Better luck next time."
"Thank you." Ruri said as she took a bow.
"I must be going now. Thank you for letting me Duel you." Ruri told Dennis.
"No problem, Ruri. It was a fun Duel!" Dennis replied with a smile as he watched Ruri walk away. Once the girl was gone and out of sight, he couldn't help but frown.
Such a shame. I really did have fun...
Later That Day-In a Random Place in Heartland
Dennis snuck into an alley and pulled out another Duel Disk. This one looked different from the one he was using earlier. He pressed on a picture of a bald man with blue eyes, a machine in part of his head, and blood vessels on the top of his head, the name was shown to be "Professor." Dennis waited for a bit until he heard someone pick up.
"Yes." The voice of a middle aged man came.
"I found the girl you were looking for. We can now start the invasion soon on your command Professor." Dennis said to the voice, his voice suddenly emotionless and obedient.
There was a long pause. Then, the voice spoke again. "Good work, we will start the invasion tomorrow. Now, come back to Academia now and wait for further instructions. I also have to modify your Duel Disk a little bit."
Hmm. Modify my Duel Disk. What for? We already have the technology to travel between the dimensions. Dennis thought. But he decided to think more about it after he got to Academia.
"Yes Professor. Right away." Dennis responded as the call was ended. He then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, and he was teleported out of Heartland… or rather, the Xyz Dimension.
Card Catalog (New name for the "Cards I made" section)
Lyrical Luscinia - Strike Magic: For the rest of the turn, when a Winged-Beast Monster you control deals damage to your opponent, you can destroy one Card on the Field. You can only activate "Lyrical Luscinia - Strike" once per turn.
Lyrical Luscinia - Flight Magic: For the rest of this turn, Winged Beast Monsters you control have their Attack doubled. You can only activate "Lyrical Luscinia - Flight" once per turn.
Performance Support Magic Quick-Play: You can tribute one Monster on your Field, then, target another Monster on the Field, that target gains Attack equal to the Attack of the tributed Monster. This change lasts until the end of the turn.
Well, another chapter done.
I know I said that I was only going to show part of the Duel, but I decided against it as it wouldn't be fair to you guys.
Yep, the invasion is going to start soon. I definitely know when it's going to be. EIther at the end of the next chapter or in the middle of the chapter after that. I am leaning more towards next chapter though. Next chapter may or may not be short. Mostly because I don't have an idea of what I should do.
Also, the reason I had Ruri Duel the chapter after her last Duel is because when she gets kidnapped she might not Duel for a while.
SSJ Gamer YT: Thanks! I already know about Bonds of Pendulum. When the first chapter came out, I looked at the summary and for some reason didn't bother to read it. But around the time chapter 13 came, I decided to give it a try, and goddamn, the story is good. He makes the characters that wasn't utilized good have a better role. For example, after Arc-V ended, I was pissed that Sawatari hadn't picked up one solo win in the entire series (except that one scrub Duelist at the very beginning of episode 7). But the writer gave at least 1 solo win. Also, the latest chapter was really intense, and it was the worth the wait to read. I could give at least a million fricking positive things about the fanfic, but I'm not about to sit down here and list all of them. So I'll just list 5 of the many things I thought was good. 1. He made Yuto separate from Yuya, sure Yuto only Dueled two times before getting absorbed but still, that was something I wanted the anime to do in the Xyz arc. 2. He treated the dragons the right way. The anime just pushed the dragon's feelings aside at the end and just treated them like tools of entertainment, and what do they get to say about it? Nothing. The fanfic actually gave them feelings and they at least try to say something (albeit they can't talk but even still.) 3. He gave Zarc and Ray more backstory. Not much to say here, the sentence before this one explains it all. 4. The bracelet girls got a some times to shine in the Fusion arc. I hated how they were treated like garbage cans in the fusion arc of the anime. Yuzu didn't Duel, even while she was brainwashed. Rin only Dueled once, and she was brainwashed. Ruri Dueled twice, but she was brainwashed and interfered with the first one to let Shun win. Serena Dueled once and she was also brainwashed. 5. He gave Yuri a reason to turn to the good side. I hated how in the anime after Zarc was defeated,Yuri just changed boats and Yuya, Yuto, and Yugo acted like Yuri didn't do anything wrong. Yuri fricking Carded Yuya's father in front of his eyes. Yuri kidnapped Ruri, and directed Yugo to Yuto and made a misunderstanding, AND he was sided with the same group that ruined Yuto's entire life. Yuri kidnapped Rin, who was all Yugo basically had other than himself, his deck, d-wheel, his dragon, and the orphanage. Also, he absorbed him and made it so he could never roam around in his own body again. (Same thing with Yuto also.) Alright, at this point I am just ranting, but what I am trying to say is Bonds of Pendulum is just a brilliant fanfic, and the creator(s) of it are a genius!
Anyway, see you guys next time. Take care, goodbye.
